Gas Price InvestigationNPR's Cheryl Corley reports from Chicago on the Federal Trade Commission's investigation into possible gasoline price gouging in the Midwest. Nationwide, the cost of a gallon of regular gas is about a dollar sixty-eight...but in Chicago, prices are as high as two dollars and thirty-three cents. The oil industry is blaming state taxes and the cost of making cleaner burning fuel, but government officials are skeptical.

Gas Price Investigation

Gas Price Investigation

NPR's Cheryl Corley reports from Chicago on the Federal Trade Commission's investigation into possible gasoline price gouging in the Midwest. Nationwide, the cost of a gallon of regular gas is about a dollar sixty-eight...but in Chicago, prices are as high as two dollars and thirty-three cents. The oil industry is blaming state taxes and the cost of making cleaner burning fuel, but government officials are skeptical.